Synodic month length 29.5 days

Length of current 394 lunation is 29 days, 11 hours and 56 minutes. It is 55 minutes longer than next lunation 395 length.

Lunation length shorter than mean

Length of current synodic month is 48 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 5 hours and 21 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.

Lunar orbit position on 7 December 2031 Sunday 12:00 UTC

True anomaly ∠312.6°

This lunation true anomaly is ∠312.6°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠334.7°. The length of upcoming synodic months will keep decreasing since the true anomaly gets closer to the value of New Moon at point of perigee (∠0° or ∠360°).

Moon after apogee

3 days after point of apogee on 3 December 2031 at 22:35 in ♌ Leo. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 8 days, until it get to the point of next perigee on 15 December 2031 at 21:31 in ♑ Capricorn.

Distance to Moon 398 266 km

Moon before ascending node

9 days after its descending node on 27 November 2031 at 14:01 in ♉ Taurus, the Moon is following the southern part of its orbit for the next 4 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from South to North in ascending node on 12 December 2031 at 01:37 in ♏ Scorpio.

Draconic month

Moon before southern standstill

7 days after previous North standstill on 30 November 2031 at 00:08 in ♊ Gemini, when Moon has reached northern declination of ∠20.350°. Next 6 days the lunar orbit moves southward to face South declination of ∠-20.356° in the next southern standstill on 14 December 2031 at 04:45 in ♐ Sagittarius.